One of my favorites as a kid was "Pandemonium"..... where this evil sorcerer was trying to get some sort of Triangle of Power (similar to a piece of Triforce if your a Zelda nut).. anyway, he dropped it and it shattered over Tibet, where this trio of Pandas lived.... two kids into science went there, met up with the pandas (who miraculously could now talk) and started looking for the pieces to this Triangle...
The kick to this was, whenever the pandas "joined" (for lack of a better word), they formed "Papa Panda", a larger panda form that had powerful magic, which usually was more than enough to defeat the sorcerer when he showed up to wreak havoc....